The etched plate and proof. I love working on copper plates this way. The Aquatint is so rich and so simple. The blue paper was dyed in Japanese Indigo that I grew. I used to dump scraps of paper at the end of a dye day and leave them over night. I have a huge …
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Happy Days in Print Studio
I took lots of photos of what I am playing with in the Studio, so this blog entry is a very condensed version of the four days. I have about 10 maybes completed of “All In A Days Work” and I am moving on to start playing with two old ImagOn plates. So glad I …
Artist Printmaker Inking Reporting
I have had two wonderful days printing in the Print Studio. I am feeling very grateful the Nepean Creative Art Centre was allowed to reopen. Before lockdown I was working on an etching and had only proofed it before everything closed. So I pulled it out of my map drawer and started playing. Even before …
Fingers & Toes Crossed !
Good rumor that the Print Studio well be opening Mid September:) One of my fellow gardener’s planted a sunflower seed. It makes me smile every time I go to the Trinity Church Community Garden. Happy gardener looking forward to playing in the Print Studio soon 🙂 Take care everyone!
Show Time
The Ottawa-Gatineau Printmakers Connective are busy 🙂 The Print Studio is still closed 😦 I can’t remember a period of time this long ever not being able to mess with ink!!!!! Keeping busy with my Celtic flute and Bodhran playing 🙂 And thank heavens for the Community Garden. Hope this post finds you well and …
finishing 2019
I have been back in the studio finishing “Purrr”and doing some test plates in the Edinburgh Etch. Today at home signing the rest of my 2019 prints. So here we go finishing off 2019 prints, except for “Purrr” it needs to be flattened and signed. Now for a sneak peak of a few finished “Purrr”. …
TeaPot Series Signed
Rainy Day work 🙂 I think this is all of the Teapot Series. I have a lot of prints of other subjects left to sign in a pile. I will do another signing day soon. A lot of the Teapot Series was printed on old inked paper from many years ago. Prints “Picnic Love” and …
“Purrrr:)” collagraph plate Finished.
Collagraph – putting it together
collagraph – stuff
I have an idea now and a name for the future collagraph print “Purrrrr :)” Not everything in the pile shown in the above picture will be used in the making of the Collagraph plate. But I am chuckling to myself because – just above the computer that I am typing on is an image …
Artist/Printmaker-Debra James Percival 